{"id":30166,"date":"2014-10-21T13:57:17","date_gmt":"2014-10-21T17:57:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom2\/2014\/10\/21\/bestselling-author-reads-childrens-book-2\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T16:36:36","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T20:36:36","slug":"bestselling-author-reads-childrens-book-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2014\/10\/21\/bestselling-author-reads-childrens-book-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Bestselling Author Reads Children\u2019s Book"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_9824\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/media-old\/2014\/10\/Jumpstart-Kids-Tues.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9824\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9824 \" alt=\"Nicholas and Tessa Parker with 'Tuesday'\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/media-old\/2014\/10\/Jumpstart-Kids-Tues-300x249.png\" width=\"300\" height=\"249\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9824\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nicholas and Tessa Parker with &#8216;Tuesday&#8217;<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Jumpstart NECC hosted the \u201cNew York Times\u201d bestselling author, former U.S. Army Captain Luis Carlos Montalv\u00e1n and his service dog named Tuesday on Monday, October 6th at Imajine That in Lawrence.<\/p>\n<p>Captain Montalv\u00e1n is a 17 year U.S. Army veteran. He and Tuesday read their new children\u2019s book, \u201cTuesday Tucks Me In\u201d to local families and students. Guests were able to witness the loyal bond and love that Luis and Tuesday share. Tuesday enjoyed a mini grooming session by Montalv\u00e1n, complete with his favorite chicken flavored toothpaste. Tuesday then demonstrated his retrieval skills by helping Montalv\u00e1n with his cane and various other items.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jstart.org\/\">Jumpstart<\/a>\u00a0is a national early education organization that recruits and trains college students and community corps members to serve preschool children in low-income neighborhoods. Jumpstart\u2019s proven curriculum helps children develop the language and literacy skills they need to be ready for kindergarten, setting them on a path to close the achievement gap before it is too late.<\/p>\n<p>This semester 11 NECC students are participating in Jumpstart, working at Community Day Early Learning Center in Lawrence.<\/p>\n<p>Jumpstart NECC has copies of \u201cTuesday Tucks Me In\u201d available. All proceeds benefit Jumpstart. If you are interested in purchasing a book to support Jumpstart please contact Site Manager, Melissa Chandonnet at 978-656-3404 or <a href=\"mailto:mchandonnet@necc.mass.edu\">mchandonnet@necc.mass.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>To learn more about Montalv\u00e1n and Tuesday visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tuesdaytucksmein.com\/\">www.tuesdaytucksmein.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jumpstart NECC hosted the \u201cNew York Times\u201d bestselling author, former U.S. Army Captain Luis Carlos Montalv\u00e1n and his service dog named Tuesday on Monday, October 6th at Imajine That in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":164,"featured_media":30168,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archive"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - 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